How to change the computer name

[borkowetz]

I need to change the computer name but after this I cannot access to the historical data (printing alarms).
I have already changed the settings in Options->System and restarted the system.
With MAX 3.0 I can see that all the alarm records are stored with the old computer name \\computer name\process\....

How can I do to read the old alarms with the new computer name?

Thank you
Michael

[mrak1]

Hi,

When you change the computer name in Options>>System, you are not changing the name of the computer. Rather, you are telling Lookout to log to either a remote or local system. Here are the specifics:

1. Computer Name: Name you want the traces to appear with (\\computer_name\process\...)

2. Default Computer: Computer you want to log to. If the name listed here is different than your computer's name (as seen by Windows), then it will attempt to log directly to that remote machine.

3. Default Path: Directory on either your local or remote machine that you want to log to.

To change the name of your local computer, you will need to do that in Windows. If you have WinXP, you can do this by right-clicking on My Computer and selecting Computer Name.

Go
od Luck
Mike

[borkowetz]

Hello Mike,

Thank you for your answer.

I have already changed the computer name in windows and have put the same in Options>>System.

Everythings works fine, but when I try to print the alarm journal (File>>Print>>Alarms & Events) for a period before the computer name change, the journal is empty!

All the *.ale file are there and the number of file grows with the new alarms. I can find all the alarms using MAX but not with Lookout.

Michael

[mrak1]

Hi,

No problem.. I feel like I may be stating what you already know but here it is. The reason that you cannot print those alarms is because they occurred when Lookout was logging to one machine name. When you changed that, Lookout no longer sees those old alarms as being part of the alarms that occurred on that machine. By default it apparently prints only alarms from the current process name. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the name of the computer in the logged alarms by using MAX either. However, this would be a good suggestion. I would like to encourage you to file this suggestion here by clicking the Feedback link.

Mike

[borkowetz]

Thank you, Mike!

I will do it immediately.

Michael